-At their TCA session, NBC revealed that reality-competition series Fashion Star has been canceled after two seasons, while Celebrity Apprentice is currently casting (but hasn”t been renewed as of yet) and canceled Anne Heche comedy Save Me shot 13 episodes, seven of which won”t air. In addition, pilots Wonderland and The Donor Party are said to be on hold, The Gilded Age (from Downton Abbey“s Julian Fellowes) is alive, and Dick Wolf”s Girlfriend in a Coma is in negotiations with David Frankel to executive produce and direct.

-NBC also gave a peek into their miniseries development cycle. Aside from A.D., After the Bible, which will premiere during the 2014-2015 season, the network has projects in the works based on Cleopatra, Hillary Clinton, Rosemary”s Baby, Stephen King”s Tommyknockers, and the Pilgrims” journey to Plymouth.

-Syfy has greenlit Dominion, based on 2007 fantasy/horror film Legion, to pilot. Scott Stewart, who co-wrote and directed Legion, is back to direct the pilot, which is set 25 years in the future after a war between an army of angels and mankind.

-Casting news: Jurnee Smollett has joined the fifth season of Parenthood, where she”ll be playing Kristina”s political campaign manager Heather in a major recurring role; Sam Elliott Ron Swanson”s Eagletonian doppleganger on an upcoming episode of Parks and Recreation, the same one that will feature Kristen Bell as Eagleton”s Leslie Knope; American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy announced that Denis O”Hare will be appearing on the show”s third season, though no details about his role were disclosed; in addition to recurring on HBO”s upcoming medical comedy Getting On, Emmy nominee Molly Shannon is set to recur on Raising Hope as the new owner of Howdy”s, beginning with the fourth episode of the season; ER vet Parminder Nagra has joined NBC”s The Blacklist and a mentor to one of the female FBI agents; Heidi Klum and Henry Winkler will be stopping by Parks and Recreation next season, playing the mayor of a small Danish town and Jean-Ralphio”s father, respectively; Rome“s Indira Varma to play Ellaria Sand on the fourth season of Game of Thrones, premiering next spring; Steve Cabral is the latest to join ABC Family”s Ravenswood and Raymond Collins.

-The Hub has announced their first Halloween bash, set to air October 26th. The event will celebrate the best of  Halloween, including the first-ever nationwide costume competition with one  finalist being chosen from every state in America. Details are set to be released in August.

–Please Like Me, a scripted comedy from Australian comic Josh Thomas, has been renewed for a second season by Pivot. The series, which debuts August 1st, stars Thomas as 20-year-old Josh, whose life becomes in disarray when he”s broken up with by his girlfriend, realizes he might be gay, and moves in with his suicidal mother. You can watch the first episode of the series here.

-The ESPN 30 for 30 series of documentaries will add six new entries this fall: October 1st – Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (centering on big wave surfer Eddie Aikau); October 8th – Free Spirits (a look at former ABA franchise Spirits of St. Louis); October 15th – No Mas (analyzing the infamous boxing match between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard); October 22nd – Big Shot (about the 1996 New York Islanders); October 29th – This is What They Want (following the improbable run of tennis great Jimmy Connors at the 1991 U.S. Open); and November 5th – Tonya and Nancy (chronicling the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics).

-Key art for four CBS fall series has been released. Included are Robin Williams comedy The Crazy Ones; Chuck Lorre-created Mom; family comedy The Millers; and We Are Men, which will air Mondays at 8:30. Art for the network”s lone new fall drama Hostages was also recently released. You can check out trailers and previews for each series here and here, as well as premiere dates for each CBS fall series here.

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-ABC is set to air the final six episodes of Secret Millionaire on Sundays at 8:00 beginning August 4th. The series, narrated by Blair Underwood, was pulled last summer due to low ratings and will take over for Celebrity Wife Swap, which wraps the week prior.

-Comedian Josh Wolf will host Shark After Dark, Discovery’s attempt to capitalize on its upcoming Shark Week. Beginning Sunday, August 4th at 11:00, Wolf will lead viewers through an hour-long celebration of all things shark-related.

-USA has announced the existence of a five-episode Royal Pains webisode series, which chronicles Evan on his journey to claim a seat on the Hamptons Village Council. Fans can help vote for him to win the election here.

–Betty White’s Off Their Rockers has been canceled after two seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

-Millennial-targeting network Pivot is set to premiere its first scripted series on August 1st in Please Like Me, a comedic-drama from Australian comic Josh Thomas. The series follows Josh as he heads towards his 21st birthday. In the span of 24 hours,  Josh is dumped by his girlfriend, realizes he may be gay and moves in with his  mother, who has just attempted suicide.

-HBO Films will produce a documentary about the recent victories for gay marriage activists, including the overturn of Prop 8 in California. The currently untitled film will be directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White and debut sometime in 2014.

-NBC has ordered eight episodes of Wall of Fame, an hour-long comedic game show where one family can win big money if they can not only answer pop culture trivia questions correctly, but can also guess whether members of our celebrity “Wall of Fame” delivered the correct answers to those same questions.

-Nickelodeon’s Sam & Cat has been given 20 additional episodes after becoming the network’s biggest live-action debut in three years when it premiered in June.

–Intelligence showrunner Rene Echevarria has left the series in an amicable split. The series, which stars Josh Holloway as a Cyber Command agent with a microchip has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum, premieres in February 2014.

-The subject of the next Comedy Central Roast will be James Franco, as the multi-hyphenate will be lambasted by his loved ones and admirers in August for a Labor Day premiere. Immediately after the ceremony, his documentary Francophrenia will debut on Comedy Central’s digital and VOD platforms. Past roastees include Pamela Anderson, Bob Saget, and Flavor Flav.

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